A Dissident Voice in New Zealand Wartime Sex Education

Gooder, Claire

doi:10.1353/hah.2010.0031

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“…Sex education in New Zealand in the postwar period was still focusing on family, marriage, reproduction, and parenting (Gooder, 2016 ), completely ignoring pleasure as an important part of human sexuality. In the 1960s and 1970s, sexual education was not part of the national curriculum and occurred only in some schools either at parent-child evenings or under the guise of health education (Brickell, 2007 ).…”

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“…It is worth mentioning that Gooder ( 2016 ) analyzed sex education pamphlets published in New Zealand in the 1970s and found that none of them recognized masturbation as a legitimate sexual activity. A book, titled Down Under the Plum Trees (Tuohy & Murphy, 1976 ), discussed topics such as puberty, masturbation, pregnancy and birth, sexually transmitted diseases, and sexuality, illustrated with photographs, but in spite of its high popularity, a year later it was declared indecent for young people, and book shops were fined for exhibiting it (Brickell, 2007 ).…”

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Female Sexuality in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Factors and Sexual Response Associated with Masturbation

Csako

Rowland

Hevesi

et al. 2022

International Journal of Sexual Health

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Objectives Sexual health includes the state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality. Masturbation is an important sexual activity with many potential benefits which has gained considerable interest in sexuality research in the past twenty years; however, this research is the first of its kind within the Aotearoa/New Zealand context. In this in-depth investigation, we examined frequencies of, reasons for, and activities during masturbation as well as the relationship between masturbation and other factors. Methods Participants were 698 New Zealand women at least 18 years of age participating in a 42-item anonymous online survey collecting comprehensive information about sexual practices and related factors. Results The results indicated that female masturbation has high prevalence in the New Zealand population. Conclusion The pattern of results enabled us to identify the positive effects of masturbation, masturbation practices commonly used by New Zealand women and the differences between New Zealand women who masturbate frequently and less frequently.

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confidence: 99%